[Superman]

Legion is dead-on. I used to wonder what in the world could make someone worth their fee at hundreds of dollars an hour. Ideally, all the energy and expertise and creativity you need is right there in your existing corral. But what I have discovered is that if the consultant is the only guy bringing common sense to the table, then he's actually worth thousands of dollars an hour.

And then there's the management game where you pay consultants to suggest your preferred strategy to you, in writing. It's a thirty thousand-dollar strip of insulation that goes over management's heinie.